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Noelle Stevenson is a comic artist and a writer for comics and TV. She has been nominated for a Harvey Award, and was awarded the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Webcomic in 2012 for her original webcomic Nimona. A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Noelle is the co-writer of Lumberjanes and currently writes for Disney'sWander Over Yonder. She lives in Los Angeles.

Bring along anyone who want to know what this whole Convention thing is about. The Opening Ceremony is open to the public — no badge or registration is required.

Be the first to meet all of our awesome Guests of Honor. You also get a preview of all the great music, events, panels, workshops, contests, artists, and prizes you'll be experiencing at AOD this weekend.

Join Marianne Miller and Noelle Stevenson in a discussion about the presence of women in video games, anime, and TV Shows. We focus on the good examples of strong non-white/non-male character writing and explore specific ways we can focus on improving future roles.

The infinite void of the empty page, the crushing deadlines, the ridiculous demands of the executives… does this sound like the life for you? Decide for yourself when cartoon veterans Ken Pontac and Noelle Stevenson overcomes their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to relate their anus-clenching adventures in the bloody trenches of television, feature animation, and comics.

Just joking, kids, writing for animation , video games, and comics is FUN!